Right, so since it's #DefaidodonDay, here are some more #sheep we encountered on our way up #YrWyddfa/#Snowdon. Not the best sheep photography, but hopefully, the stunning scenery makes up for it? ☁️🐑☁️
#DyddDefaidodon #Defaidodon #Ewesday #Schafe #animals #Tiere #SheepOfMastodon #sheepodon #Schaf #sheeptodon #livestock #MähMittwoch #Wolken #mist #misty #fog #foggy #Berge #mountains #mountainscape #MountainMonday #Snowdonia #Eryri #NorthWales #Wales #Cymru
Right, so since it's #DefaidodonDay, here are some more #sheep we encountered on our way up #YrWyddfa/#Snowdon. Not the best sheep photography, but hopefully, the stunning scenery makes up for it? ☁️🐑☁️
#DyddDefaidodon #Defaidodon #Ewesday #Schafe #animals #Tiere #SheepOfMastodon #sheepodon #Schaf #sheeptodon #livestock #MähMittwoch #Wolken #mist #misty #fog #foggy #Berge #mountains #mountainscape #MountainMonday #Snowdonia #Eryri #NorthWales #Wales #Cymru
This is the #SnowdonMountainRailway (SMR), a narrow-gauge rack-and-pinion #mountain railway, that has been taking passengers from Llanberis to the summit since 1896 (!).
Here are some other facts you might enjoy:
- It's the only public rack-and-pinion #railway in the #UK.
- The average speed of the train is 5 mph (8 km/h).
- The total track length is 4.7 miles (7.5 km).
- It carries around 140,000 passengers each year.
- A round-trip to the summit takes approx. 2.5 hours, including a 30-minute stop at the summit visitor centre.
- From the #summit station, it's only 68 ft (21 m) to the summit cairn (though it's quite steep).
- Trains are scheduled at 30-minute intervals, subject to passenger demand.
- The SMR currently operates 3 coal-fired steam locomotives and 4 diesel locomotives. Last week, only diesel locomotives were in service, as the heritage steam locomotives typically run from June to September.
- On its official opening day in April 1896, one of the locomotives derailed and fell down the mountain, resulting in one fatality. Following this incident, the maximum allowed train weight was reduced, and a gripper system was installed on the rack railway. It's been full steam ahead ever since.
🚂🚋
(Sorry for the rabbit hole. I'm not usually into trains, but even I found it quite interesting)
#Wolken #clouds #Berggipfel #Gipfel #mountainTop #wandern #hiking #hike #Berge #mountains #mountainscape #MountainMonday #SMR #narrowGauge #narrowGaugeRailway #Zahnradbahn #rackAndPinion #trainTracks #railways #railwayTrack #railwayTracks #railroad #Schienen #Gleise #train #trains #Zug #Bahn #HeritageGreatBritain #FootpathFriday #Snowdonia #Wales
This is the #SnowdonMountainRailway (SMR), a narrow-gauge rack-and-pinion #mountain railway, that has been taking passengers from Llanberis to the summit since 1896 (!).
Here are some other facts you might enjoy:
- It's the only public rack-and-pinion #railway in the #UK.
- The average speed of the train is 5 mph (8 km/h).
- The total track length is 4.7 miles (7.5 km).
- It carries around 140,000 passengers each year.
- A round-trip to the summit takes approx. 2.5 hours, including a 30-minute stop at the summit visitor centre.
- From the #summit station, it's only 68 ft (21 m) to the summit cairn (though it's quite steep).
- Trains are scheduled at 30-minute intervals, subject to passenger demand.
- The SMR currently operates 3 coal-fired steam locomotives and 4 diesel locomotives. Last week, only diesel locomotives were in service, as the heritage steam locomotives typically run from June to September.
- On its official opening day in April 1896, one of the locomotives derailed and fell down the mountain, resulting in one fatality. Following this incident, the maximum allowed train weight was reduced, and a gripper system was installed on the rack railway. It's been full steam ahead ever since.
🚂🚋
(Sorry for the rabbit hole. I'm not usually into trains, but even I found it quite interesting)
#Wolken #clouds #Berggipfel #Gipfel #mountainTop #wandern #hiking #hike #Berge #mountains #mountainscape #MountainMonday #SMR #narrowGauge #narrowGaugeRailway #Zahnradbahn #rackAndPinion #trainTracks #railways #railwayTrack #railwayTracks #railroad #Schienen #Gleise #train #trains #Zug #Bahn #HeritageGreatBritain #FootpathFriday #Snowdonia #Wales
'Verrückte Natur' #FotoVorschlag @FotoVorschlag
Noch ein Bild von den Färöern. Der letzte Abend in Viðareiði. Beim Kofferpacken habe ich einen Blick aus dem Fenster geworfen und da war der unglaublichste Himmel den ich jemals gesehen habe!
Viðareiði, Färöer 2025
#faroeislands #landschaftsfotografie #landscapephotography #fotografie #photography #Wolken #clouds #faeroer2025
'Verrückte Natur' #FotoVorschlag @FotoVorschlag
Noch ein Bild von den Färöern. Der letzte Abend in Viðareiði. Beim Kofferpacken habe ich einen Blick aus dem Fenster geworfen und da war der unglaublichste Himmel den ich jemals gesehen habe!
Viðareiði, Färöer 2025
#faroeislands #landschaftsfotografie #landscapephotography #fotografie #photography #Wolken #clouds #faeroer2025